Near Miss/Bird Strike
Pilots and air traffic controllers worried about bird strikes and near misses in the departure air space, but usually it was just one or the other . . .
Sequester Blues
Carla was pretty sure that the President could have done something to keep the air traffic controllers on the job, allowing her to swoop down and catch a mouse or rat for lunch as needed. But no, she was told to hold in the pattern for the time being; no telling how long that would last, and she had problems with low blood sugar if she didn’t eat regularly . . . . David, Sf.G.